The
Virginia Board of Education is seeking applications for the Student Advisory
Committee for the 2006-2007 school year. Student members will be selected to
serve a one-year term.Nominations may
be submitted as follows:

Each
public high school may submit one nomination;

Each
public middle school may submit one nomination; and

Each
statewide student organization may submit one nomination.

Student
membership will consist of one high school student from each of the eight
Superintendents Regional Study Groups and four middle school students selected
at-large from the Commonwealth. If there are no high school student nominees
from a Superintendents Regional Study Group, the selection committee will
select a middle school applicant to represent the region.In the event that there is no middle school
applicant from that region, the committee will select a high school student
from another region.

All
students may be considered for nomination by their school or statewide student
organization; however, only one nomination can be accepted from each school or
organization.

Nominees should demonstrate:

Solid
academic performance;

Strong
communication and leadership skills;

Involvement
in a variety of co-curricular and/or extra-curricular activities; and

An
interest in learning about and contributing to state policies affected by the
Virginia Board of Education.

Please
note that all students selected for the committee must have access to e-mail
and the Internet, either through their home or at the school.Frequent communications to and from the Board
of Education and the student members will be necessary.The e-mail addresses will be for Department
and committee use and will not be distributed publicly.

The Student Advisory Committee will
meet in Richmond
at least three times during the 2006-2007 school year and will make
presentations to the Board. The first meeting will be held on December 12,
2006.Subsequent meetings are tentatively
scheduled for February 27-28, 2007, and April 23-24, 2007.Meetings are scheduled to coincide with the
Board of Educations business meetings. All students are expected to attend
each meeting.

Each
student member under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a supervising adult
for the committee meetings. Travel expenses for both the student and the
supervising adult will be reimbursed by the Board of Education in accordance
with state guidelines.

Each
student nominated by his/her school should complete and mail the attached
application packet. Applications will be accepted by mail
or by fax. Applications must be postmarked by October 31, 2006, and mailed to
Margaret N. Roberts, executive assistant to the Board of Education, Virginia
Department of Education, P. O. Box
2120, Richmond, VA23218-2120.Applications sent by fax must be sent by
close of business on October 31.The fax
number is (804) 225-2524.

A selection committee consisting of
members of the Board of Education will review the applications.Students applying to serve on the Student
Advisory Committee will be notified of the selection committees decisions by
November 21, 2006.

For further information, please contact
Margaret Roberts, executive assistant to the Board of Education at the Virginia
Department of Education, by phone at (804) 225-2924 or by e-mail Margaret.Roberts@doe.virginia.gov.